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...To be fair, if the path was one way, ie westward only, It would be reasonable apart from the car parking spaces adjacent to the lane from Peter Pans. Thats just my opinion, others may differ.

I agree... bar one point.

In order to create the path the road has been narrowed to 3.25m which is in the zone that LTN2/08 and Cycling England say is dangerous. Although Clandy has it captured on film as ok (in slower moving traffic) I have already had issues in the evening rush hour with traffic pushing past dangerously.

If using the road, once the final paint and signs go in, I expect to get abuse from drivers (although if it were a one way path then there's more reason for me to use it and I probably wouldn't be in the road).

In order to create the path and also retain the central parking bays, everything has been moved north. This means that the eastbound lane is also narrowed to 3.25m. Dangerous.

...If using the road, once the final paint and signs go in, I expect to get abuse from drivers (although if it were a one way path then there's more reason for me to use it and I probably wouldn't be in the road)....

I received my first abuse tonight.

Of the predictions of issues we made to the Council at the cycle group meeting, the only one that I'm not aware of happening is the casualty.

Clandy

The council seem rather slow in responding to concerns. I have emailed Cllr Waite twice in the last couple of weeks highlighting the concerns over the design of this cycle path. In the second email I also included a link to my video.

The council seem rather slow in responding to concerns. I have emailed Cllr Waite twice in the last couple of weeks highlighting the concerns over the design of this cycle path. In the second email I also included a link to my video.

Won't she be too busy canvassing to worry abot trivia like this?. I've had a letter from my MP (I wrote on another cycling matter some weeks ago). The gist of the reponse was "I'm far to busy with campaigning right now to deal with any correspondence. I might get around to reading your letter some time after the election though". If she deals with the rest of her letters in the same wy she may be job hunting on May 7th.

In todays Eve. Echo there is a picture of the newly planted palm trees, a dozen with, I think, 30 more to come, next to the newly laid cycle lane. The new double yellow lines and the 50mm kerb are the only things separating the cycle lane from the "road".

We came back along the seafront at about 4:30pm today. Nice sunny day, school holidays, needless to say it was busy and all the dangers discussed here were evident.

Cars parked right up to the path. Doors open across the path. Van parked on the path at the Casino. Peds meandering along the path without a care in the world. Traffic was pretty much at a crawl all the way from the Kursal and was still crawling at Shorefield road where we turned off.

Well done to the council for turning a reasonable seafront, that more or less worked for most people, into something that works for no-one and a danger to everyone.

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